Immigration offices are ill equipped, says DA

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo says immigration offices at the Home Affairs branches should be strengthened with resources and capacity before it is too late.

DA members including the party’s Limpopo premier candidate Jacques Smalle and DA Team One spokesperson on Immigration Julius Jacques resumed with their Home Affairs office inspections, by visiting the branch in Polokwane on Tuesday.

Jacques says there are only 15 immigration officers allocated to deal with up to 200 immigration applications per week.

He says it becomes impossible to prevent fraudulent activities such as issuing of fake identity documents because of the high number of people that are accessing immigration services at this offices.

Jacques says they are also concerned about the limited number of immigration officers at several other at several other home affairs branches.